Suitcase attachment.



G. D. TROTTER.

SUITCASE ATTACHMENT.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 19 14. RENEWED AUG. 28, 1915.

1,171,678, Patented Feb. 15,1916.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUILDFORD D. TRoTTnR, a citizen of theUnited'States, residing at Stayton, in the county of Marion and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SuitcaseAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insuit-case attachments.

An object of the present invention is to provide an attachment forsuit-cases adapted to contain any suitable articles such as wearingapparel and which is securely attached to the outside of a suitcase andwill not in any way or manner detract from the usual neat appearance ofsuch a receptacle. A further object of the inventionis to provide areceptacle adapted to contain clothing or any other articles and whichmay be attached to the exterior wall of a suit-case or like receptacle,or may be used wholly as a self-container and be held in closed positiondistinct from any other support.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and then claimed. In the accompanyingdrawing forming a 7 part of this application and to which reference ishad herein by like characters designating corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, Figure l is a perspective view of a suit case towhich my invention is se cured to one side face thereof, Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the attachment unfolded, and Fig. 3 is a detailsectional View of the attachment, partly broken away and in foldedcondition.

Briefly described, the present invention relates to an attachment forsuitcases and similar receptacles and comprises a rigid section to whichis secured a flexible and foldable section adapted to extend a desireddistance laterally of all edges of the rigid section, and to be foldedvover articles placed upon the rigid section, and to be positionedagainst a suitcase as shown in Fig. 1 wlth straps for retaining theparts in fixed relative position.

The present attachment may be used wholly independent of any support asmd cated in Fig. l and utilized as a container 'tacle.

. Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedFeb. 15,1916, 1 Applicationfiled August 24,1914, Serial No. 858,239.- Renewed August 28, 1915.Serial No. 47,830. I

for any desiredarticles and which may be locked in position to provide aneat recep- Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, thereference numeral 10 designates a stiffened sheet or plate, preferablyrectangular in plan view, and of a width and length substantially equalto the dimensions of a side face of a suit-case. This plate 10 hassecured thereto guide straps 11 suitably positioned in alinement andthrough which pass the fastening straps 12 that are adapted to be passedaround the suit-case A and secured at their meeting ends by the usualbuckle strap connection 13.

A flexible and foldable section is secured to with the sides firstfolded inwardly to over-'- lap each other and afterward folding inwardlythe ends. This latter method of folding the flexible section 15 isillustrated in Fig. 3.

An exterior plan view of the attachment is shown in Fig. 2 and thedevice is reversed to facilitate packing of additional articlessupplementary to those contained in the suit-case A, and which articlesare placed on the stiffened sheet 10. The flexible section 10 is thenfolded inwardly in any desired manner, but preferably as abovedescribed, and the attachment positioned against one side face of, thesuit-case as shown in Fig. 1. The straps 12 are then passed aboutthesuitcase in a manner as indicated and secured by the buckleconnection 18. 7

It is to be noted that the attachment in position on the suit-case Adoes not in any way detract from the general neat appearance of thesuit-case, as the receptacle portion of the attachment is disposedinwardly While I have; shown and described the a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, I do not Wish to confine myself to the exactdetails of construction shown, as various forms, modification andarrangement of parts may be had Without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed,

What I claim is:

The combination With a receptacle, of an auxiliary receptacle carriedthereby, .com-

prising a stifiened sheet section, guide straps secured to the outerfaceof sald section, fastening straps arranged 1n said guldes, a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for flexible section stitched tosaid sheet, and extending laterally from each edge thereof, and adaptedto be folded to assume a position Within the peripheral edges of thestiffened sheet, and be retained in position by {We cents each,by'addressi ng' the Commissioner oi Patents; Washington, D. G.

